A dual-locked activatable phototheranostic probe for biomarker-regulated photodynamic and photothermal cancer therapy

• Main Authors: Wei, Xin, Zhang, Chi, He, Shasha, Huang, Jiaguo, Huang, Jingsheng, Liew, Si Si, Zeng, Ziling, Pu, Kanyi
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Bioengineering; Science::Medicine; Activatable Phototheranostic Probes; Dual-Locked
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162206
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Activatable phototheranostics holds promise for precision cancer treatment owing to the "turn-on" signals and therapeutic effects. However, most activatable phototheranostic probes only possess photodynamic therapy (PDT) or photothermal therapy (PTT), which suffer from poor therapeutic eff...